July 24, 2008 – 12:15 pm
Multi-National Division – North PAO
DIYALA, Iraq – Soldiers from Ghost Rider Company, 3rd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, found three weapons cashes in Al Ujami July 20, one disguised as a grave site in a children’s cemetery and two more in the Palm Groves.
The caches consisted of AK-47 rifles, belts of automatic machine gun ammunition, [...]
July 17, 2008 – 8:29 pm
A message from the 67th Colonel of the Regiment, Association President Tom Molino, on the many activities underway in preparation for the Regiment’s homecoming in November.
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July 16, 2008 – 8:33 pm
The Department of Defense announced today the death of a Soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Staff Sgt. Jeremy D. Vrooman, 28, of Sioux Falls, S.D., died July 15 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device detonated while his unit was conducting combat operations in Kn’an, Iraq. He was assigned to [...]
July 9, 2008 – 3:08 pm
Multi-National Division
North PAO
TIKRIT, Iraq – Coalition force Soldiers found two weapons caches in a Christian cemetery south of Baqubah, Iraq, July 7.
The caches, together, consisted of two rocket launchers, rockets, seven rifle grenades, three AK-47’s with magazines and multiple other devices used to make improvised explosive devices.
“This cache find demonstrates that we continue to add [...]
July 7, 2008 – 12:07 pm
VILSECK, Germany – July 2, 2008 – The Vilseck community announces the establishment of the Dragoon Foundation – a private organization designed to support the Soldiers and families of the 2d Stryker Cavalry Regiment. The Foundation serves to promote camaraderie and fellowship among the Regiment, and to honor and perpetuate the memory of those Soldiers [...]
July 7, 2008 – 8:19 am
This is approximately how the monument will appear. Courtesy of RCSM Victor Martinez.
A fund has been set up by the 2nd Cavalry Association for donations towards a memorial honoring the 2d Dragoon fallen troopers of OIF, to be unveiled at the 2SCR homecoming celebration in Vilseck, Germany, November 25, 2008.
Anyone wishing to donate can do [...]
July 6, 2008 – 2:11 pm
U.S. Army photos and story by Spc. Benjamin Crane, MND-B PAO
BAGHDAD – Maj. Gen. Jeffery Hammond, the commanding general of Multi-National Division – Baghdad and the 4th Infantry Division, presents a Bronze Star Medal with ‘V’ Devise for Valor to Sgt. Aaron Lopez, a native of Anchorage, Alaska, with the 3rd Platoon, Company B, 1st Battalion, [...]
July 6, 2008 – 8:35 am
A sniper team with Eagle Company, 2nd Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment; Scans a river bed adjacent to two Iraqi villages being cleared during Operation Cougar Storm, June 23. The goal of the mission was to sweep out Al-Qaida and establish an Iraqi army presence in the area.
Story and photos by SPC. Ryan Elliott, 14th [...]
